NFL and NBC dominate the week 14 broadcast Top 25 and network rankings

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The week before Christmas was light on original programming on the broadcast networks, with reruns and specials making up the bulk of the schedule. Which made NBC’s dual primetime NFL slate more potent.

“Sunday Night Football” (6.4 rating in adults 18-49, 21.41 million viewers) and “Thursday Night Football” (5.1, 17.95 million) were by far the two top shows of the week. They also helped NBC to a dominant win in the network race. The Peacock scored a 2.2 among adults 18-49 and was the only network above a 1.0 average.

Here are the network standings for the week of Dec. 19-25 and the season to date.

Dec. 19-25

ABC

CBS

CW

FOX

NBC

TEL

UNI

Adults 18-49 rating/share (rank)

0.9/3 (2)

0.8/3 (3)

0.2/1 (7)

0.7/3 (4t)

2.2/8 (1)

0.5/2 (6)

0.7/3 (4t)

Viewers (millions) (rank)

3.64 (3)

5.20 (2)

0.77 (7)

2.19 (4)

9.00 (1)

1.28 (6)

1.93 (5)

Season to date

ABC

CBS

CW

FOX

NBC

TEL

UNI

Adults 18-49 rating/share (rank)

1.7/6 (4)

1.9/7 (3)

0.7/2 (5t)

2.1/7 (2)

2.7/10 (1)

0.7/2 (5t)

0.7/2 (5t)

Viewers (millions) (rank)

6.84 (3)

10.12 (1)

1.94 (5)

6.51 (4)

9.89 (1)

1.69 (7)

1.84 (6)

Current week ratings are live + same-day. Season-to-date ratings are “most current,” a combination of Live +7 and same-day ratings.

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Posted by:Rick Porter

Rick Porter has been covering TV since the days when networks sent screeners on VHS, one of which was a teaser for the first season of "American Idol." He's left-handed, makes a very solid grilled cheese and has been editor of TV by the Numbers since October 2015. He lives in Austin.